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First the Crush commercial and now this: Apple seems to have decided that the enemy they must destroy is … artists, especially ones who don’t make much money. Apple is getting close to Spotify levels of scumminess.

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This article on the essential Shel Slverstein omits what I believe to be his masterpiece: Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book.

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I wrote about something I call the diaconal charism. 

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I wrote about anarchism as a spiritual discipline.

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Writers at their desks 

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Thesis: the first album — as a coherent work of art, not merely a collection of songs — was Frank Sinatra’s In the Wee Small Hours (1955); the last one was Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998). 

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The thing I love about sports is the way it can bring the world’s top political powers together. 

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USA men’s 🏀, gold medal game, shooting in the last 3 minutes:

  • Curry made 3
  • Durant made 2 FT
  • Curry made 3
  • Curry made 3
  • Curry made 3
  • Booker made 2

Sixteen points, and they didn’t miss.

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I’m really touched by Robin’s kind words here. (Also, what a great newsletter issue.) 

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So Emma Hayes leads the (formerly quite broken) USWNT to a gold medal and all the Brit footy commentators can talk about is how she got her tactics all wrong. ⚽️